Groundwater Fees Law. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Hamburg Document type Legislation Date 1989 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleLaw on the levying of fees for groundwater extraction. Subject Water Keyword Groundwater Water charges Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract Article 1 of the present Law establishes that extracting groundwater is subject to the payment of a fee as far as the purpose of such an extraction is destined to the public water supply. Article 2 lists exceptions to the levying of fees; for example, no fee is levied if the extracted water does not exceed 10 000 m3 in a calendar year. The present Law consists of 5 articles. Full text German Website www.hamburg.de